Manipulating the illusion of control: Variations in gambling as a function of perceived control over chance outcomes

Psychological Record

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 705-719

  Dixon, Mark R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039842460     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395379     Document Type: Article

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